Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds
by nradov on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:17AM
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What specifically has Monsanto done that was unethical?
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds
by sametmax on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @06:14AM
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It creates seeds you can't harvest, plant and grow again to maintain a captive market.
When it can't do that, it sues farmers that harvest, plan and grow the seed it wants to protect.
This includes Monsanto's crops contaminating other crops like in the Vernon Hugh Bowman case.
It also promoted (at least in France) round up as biodegradable but we eventually found out it didn't, and went to contaminate the drinking water.
Which is a problem, given that glyphosate based products are currently in the process of being banned in Europe.
The answer from Monsanto to that has been ghostwriting reports and pretend they didn't come from them.
Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds
by nradov on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @08:46AM
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The Supreme Court unanimously disagreed with you on Bowman v. Monsanto so I fail to see what was unethical there. In fact Vernon Bowman intentionally violated a contract that he voluntarily entered into so it seems clear he was the unethical party.
Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds
by sametmax on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @10:07AM
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Legality and ethics are very different things.
Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds
by nradov on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @11:04AM
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Not at all. US law is pretty much in line with the national consensus on ethics (although perhaps not with your personal ethics). There are occasional discrepancies but when the national consensus undergoes major shifts the laws are usually revised accordingly within a few decades.
Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds
by sametmax on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:40PM
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US people can't remotely agree on death penalty, marijuana usage, gun control, gay support, the church, abortion, war, trump or snowden. In a country where it's legal to openly give money to politicians, spy on all citizens and by pass habeas corpus.
I really doubt your statement.